Jean married Ernest ELMY on 3 Sep 1939. Ernest (son of George ELMY and Ida HUMPHREY) was born on 23 Jun 1919; died on 7 Dec 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dianne Sharon ELMY was born on 11 Dec 1943; died on 18 Sep 1998.

Notes:

Died:
Buried in Carrying Place Cemetery

Lewis married Norma SMITH on 12 Mar 1913 in Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Norma (daughter of Saylor Abraham SMITH and Ida SCRAGHAM) was born on 15 Feb 1894 in Ameliasburgh Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 May 1934 in Ameliasburgh Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Buried in Carrying Place Cemetery

Notes:

Gilbert and Sephronia are both buried in the Salem Cemetery.
Sephronia's parents were Charles Nix (1831-1899) and and Charlott Latour (1833-1861). She had a brother named Lewis.

The Goodmurphy Homestead (the east half of Lot 96, amounting to 100 acres) was sold by John C. Goodmurphy to his son Gilbert Goodmurphy, on March 15, 1871, for an amount of $3000.00.

Gilbert Goodmurphy prepared his Last Will and Testament on August 14, 1916. At that time, he and his wife Sephronia were living at Village Lot #48, at the corner of Wellington and Church Streets in the Village of Consecon.

Gilbert bequeathed the farm on Lot 96 to his son Lewis Elgin.
Also he bequeathed ten (10) acres of swamp land in the south part of the west half of Lot 86 in the 4th Concession Ameliasburg Twp.
Gilbert bequeathed the farm being parts of lots numbers 97 and 98, amounting to 84
acres, to his daughters Mary Ann and Rosanne.
This property was held by Francis Goodmurphy, the youngest son of Captain John Good Murphy.
It is presumed that this property was sold to Gilbert sometime earlier. Francis died in 1896, and his only son John Davis died in 1902.

Sephronia was remarried to: Frederick Stanley Weeks, who was widowed from his marriage to Roxie Almeda Carnrike, on December 3,1919.

Roxie Almeda Carnrike was the daughter of Deborah Ann Goodmurphy (Gilbert's older sister) and Selim Carnrike.

GILBERT married Sephronia Alwida NIX on 27 Oct 1881. Sephronia (daughter of Charles Wesley NIX and Charlotte LATOUR) was born on 10 Jan 1856 in Consecon, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1933 in Consecon, Ameliasburgh Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sephronia Nix was remarried to Fred Weeks.
Fred Weeks had been married to Roxie Almeda Carnrike.

Saylor married Ida SCRAGHAM on 14 Dec 1892 in Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of Darwin SCRAGHAM and Hannah Elizabeth MCNUTT) was born about 1868; died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John and Susan Clark were married on October 9,1832 by Elder Winne.
Susan Clark is the sister of Elizabeth Clark, who married Cecil Reynolds, who was the father of Samuel Reynolds, who was the father of Henrietta and Lillie Belle Reynolds.
John and Susan were neighbours of William Wilson on the Irvine Gore, in the early years of their married life.
The 1851 Census lists a John C. Goodmurphy living in Hillier Township.
John is listed on the Census between Jared Clark and Sam Ellis.
The 1866 County Directory shows John under Ameliasburg Twp on the 3rd Concession - Lot 96F.

John was a farmer and the family is listed as members of the Church of England.

The Ameliasburg property (Lot 96-Conc. 3) was originally granted by the Crown to Nathaniel Taylor on May 17, 1802, the lot representing 200 acres.
On August 14, 1848, the property was passed to Nathaniel Osburn (guessed to be a relation).
On January 12, 1852, a John C. Osburn sold the East Half (100 acres) to John C. Goodmurphy, per B&S # 316.
On March 15, 1871, John sold the property to his son Gilbert, refer to B&S # 2219.
The property then passed down to Gilbert's son, Lewis Elgin, and when he passed away, it was passed to Earle Goodmurphy. Earle passed away in 1989,
and his widow, Eileen held the property until her death in 1993.
The property was eventually sold.

A Snapshot of the Goodmurphy Farm in 1861
In 1861 the family lived on 100 acres where they had 80 acres under cultivation, with 38 acres in crops and 39 acres as pasture, tow acres were used as a garden and a small
orchard. Twenty (20) acres of woodland produced $160.00 of maple sugar.
The total value of the land was $1500.00. The farm implements to work the land had a value of $50.00.
John planted acreage and harvested produce as follows:
4 acres of spring wheat = 82 bushels
9 acres of barley = 200 bushels
13 acres of rye = 300 bushels
7 acres of peace = 150 bushels
1 acre of oats = 30 bushels
4 acres of Indian corn = 65 bushels
1 acre of potatoes = 100 bushels

His livestock valued at $420.00 consisted of the following:
2 steers, 5 milk cows, 3 horses, 1 colt, 7 pigs, 17 sheep giving 60 lbs of wool, enough for 16 yds of full cloth and 30 yds of flannel
The family also put up 3200 lbs of pork in barrels, and 700 lbs of butter
They had a pleasure carriage valued at $50.00.

JOHN married Susan (Susannah) CLARK on 9 Oct 1832 in Consecon, Ameliasburgh Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Susan (daughter of David CLARK and Rosanna (Susanna) EATON) was born in 1811 in New Brunswick, Canada; died on 26 Oct 1907 in Consecon, Ameliasburgh Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Susan Clark was from New Brunswick.

Her sister Elizabeth Clark married Cecil Reynolds (son of Daniel Reynolds).
Cecil Reynolds' son Samuel married Sarah Anne Stoneburgh, and they had two daughters, Henrietta who married Stanley, oldest son of Solomon, and Lillie Belle who married Joel, youngest son of Solomon.
Solomon was the 5th child of Lawrence Goodmurphy.

Susan's other sister Jane married William C. Bull (son of Amos Bull and brother to Martha Susan Bull - daughter of Amos). Martha Susan married Thomas G. Murphy !!

See Richard Murphy for another connection to the Bull family !!

As you can see, the Bulls, Clarks, and Goodmurphy families have a number of connections.

Charles married Charlotte LATOUR on 4 Jul 1853. Charlotte (daughter of Richard LATOUR and Deborah VAN COTT) was born on 31 Mar 1833; died on 7 Jun 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cornelius married Elizabeth MILLS on 4 Oct 1865 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth was born on 28 Aug 1843 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 May 1928 in Pleasant Bay, Hillier Twp, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Darwin married Hannah Elizabeth MCNUTT before 1868. Hannah was born on 6 Aug 1836 in Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Nov 1911 in Stirling, Rawdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]